The 2016 NCAA women’s basketball preseason rankings are out for the AP Poll and just like the Coaches Poll, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team finds itself on top for the 11th time in the program’s history.
They are joined in the top five by the South Carolina Gamecocks, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Tennessee Lady Vols and Baylor Lady Bears.
The USF Bulls are the only other team from the American Athletic Conference in the rankings. There are no teams from the American in the others receiving votes.
Note: Once the season starts, both polls will be published in the same post going forward.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Connecticut (32) | 0-0 | 800 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 0-0 | 758 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 714 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 0-0 | 711 |
| 5 | Baylor | 0-0 | 672 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 570 |
| 7 | Florida State | 0-0 | 551 |
| 8 | Louisville | 0-0 | 541 |
| 9 | Maryland | 0-0 | 536 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 0-0 | 518 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | 0-0 | 465 |
| 12 | Texas | 0-0 | 459 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 397 |
| 14 | Duke | 0-0 | 392 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 0-0 | 347 |
| 16 | Stanford | 0-0 | 338 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 264 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 0-0 | 241 |
| 19 | Northwestern | 0-0 | 209 |
| 20 | South Florida | 0-0 | 202 |
| 21 | George Washington | 0-0 | 171 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 0-0 | 94 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 0-0 | 74 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 61 |
| 25 | Chattanooga | 0-0 | 60 |
| Dropped from rankings: | |||
| Princeton 13, Iowa 18, Florida Gulf Coast 20, California 24 | |||
| Others receiving votes: | |||
| Princeton 58, DePaul 45, Florida Gulf Coast 37, Rutgers 34, Iowa 17, California 14, Dayton 13, Arkansas 8, Western Kentucky 6, Vanderbilt 5, West Virginia 4, UCLA 4, Iowa State 4, Missouri 3, Gonzaga 2, Miami (FL) 1 | |||
